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Subject: Re: old mic vs new mic, can you help?
From: "John Campbell" jcampbellmagiancomau
Date: Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:19 pm ((PST))
Vicki

Congratulations on your recording being chosen by the NFSA.

Here's the link for those who'd like to listen to this fascinating
vocalisation:

http://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/sound/sounds-australia/2014-registry-additions/

John

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:58 PM, vickipowys 
[naturerecordists] <> wrote:

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>
> Thanks John!  I now have a much better understanding of this.  Even the
> 1-point stereo mic I bought for the DAT was only 12 mV/Pa.
>
> My reason for wanting to know, is that a recording I made back in 1990 in
> Central Australia of a lone dingo howling, has been selected by Australia's
> National Film and Sound Archive as one of the top ten sound clips for 2014
> that have recently been added to their collection.  It is the only wildlife
> sound recording to reach the top 12, other clips are pop songs from
> yesteryear e.g. Great Southern Land, and a wartime recording of soldiers
> singing.
>
> My recording is all the more remarkable then, if made with a baffled pair
> of 3 mV/Pa mics!  While there is a bit of tape hiss, it is a very clear
> recording and very evocative.  The dingo was about 50 metres from me, or
> less.
>
> Vicki
>
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> On 21/11/2014, at 1:36 PM, John Crockett 
> [naturerecordists] wrote:
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> Just to complete the connecting of dots of this helpful explanation, I
> believe that means the sensitivity of the ME9 is only 3.16 mV/Pa compared
> to 38 mV/Pa for the EM172.
>
> Thanks, Eric.
>
>
>
> On Nov 20, 2014, at 8:15 PM, Eric Benjamin  
> [naturerecordists]
> wrote:
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> So the sensitivity of the Olympus me9 is probably -50 dBV/Pa. A very low
> sensitivity by more modern standards.
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